Chris Kayak Fishing

Chris Kayaking

$168 to go!

With still a little over 3 months to go until the walk I have already raised $2,032! Only $168 to go to reach my goal of $2,200. Wow! I can't believe how generous everyone has been. I'm thinking about maybe holding a small garage sale to get the last $168. I'm sure I can find quite a bit of junk in our house.

Go Hotties!

Time Just Flies...

...when you're on vacation. I can't believe it is over already. I spent the last 5 months marking off the days on my calendar at work, counting down until vacation, until I was free from school, until my life was once again careless and fancy-free... And now here I am, back at my desk, working, and it is 80 degrees outside. Hmmpf.

I shouldn't complain. Last week was a blast. We headed out on Tuesday for the Anderson Island cabin (pictures to follow tonight....maybe). We spent our time fishing, kayaking, golfing, and lounging. On Friday Matty arrived with a 1/4 barrel of Manny's (yay Matty!) and on Saturday Cam and Cheri showed up as well. Weather was awesome (except for Sunday - boo Sunday) and the beer was tasty. Good times........

But, I'm back at work now. Boo...hiss.....boo....hiss....

Mariners Game

Cam, Cheri, Chris and I hit the Mariners day game last Sunday. Here are some photos. Darn Mariners lost 2-1 to the Padres.

Once when we were young...

I was cleaning out my hard drive and came across these pictures of my family that I had scanned in last year for a photo project I was working on.....Pretty funny stuff! (I'm too tired to write much more - I logged 26,000 steps yesterday!).

The Jones Family (1992) - Courtney, Jeff, Nita & Allen.



The Jones Family in Cabo San Lucas (Christmas 1994) - Jeff, Courtney, Nita & Allen



Courtney, Nita & Allen at the 100 years Celebration of Chiropractic (1995)



Dad and I when I was inducted into the Wenatchee Central Lions Club (2000)



Jeff and I at the top of Tumwater - Mission Ridge 2001



Jeff, Courtney & Allen - Castle Rock (above Wenatchee) Thanksgiving 1999



Sara, Allen & Courtney - Castle Rock (above Wenatchee) Thanksgiving 1999



Allen & Courtney - Annual Ski In - 2001

The Day Before Vacation....

.....is one of the most painful days. All you can think about is how you won't have to answer the phone next week, you won't have to take any notes, and you won't have to worry about whether or not the cables are installed and they have the correct connectors. On the other hand you work your butt off to try and get every loose end tied up so that your coworkers who will be covering for you next week don't suffer from your mistakes. I can't wait for that first sip of cold Manny's tonight!

$1745!!

Thanks to the silent auction I am not at $1,745 towards my $2,200 fund raising goal and there is another $250 on the way! I can almost taste the finish line. Now all I have to do is walk 6o miles in 3 days - piece of cake.........ugh.

Review: Boat Street Cafe

First off - shout out to Matty who is celebrating his 31st b'day today! Yay Matty!!! Welcome to 31!

In honor of Matty's b'day we met up at Steamers on the waterfront for happy hour last night. A surprise visitor (Matty's mom) then took us out to dinner at the Boat Street Cafe. Oh my gosh, it was a wonderful dinner. First off - we sat outside. Yesterday it was 80 in Seattle and the evening was so pleasant. They served us warm bread with butter drizzled in olive oil. So yummy. We all shared a butter lettuce salad, wow. Karas and I both ordered the Pork Loin Chop, Matty had the Lamb, Chris the Rib Eye, and Shannon the Crab Cakes. We all raved about our meals. Then the dessert, oh yes there was dessert - it was Matty's b'day celebration! We shared to Chocolate Cream Pot (Pot de cream) and the Bread Pudding. Wow, I was dreaming about the Pot de Cream all night, so amazing. Oh and there was wine - of course there was wine. I don't remember exactly what we ordered (a rose and a red) but both were amazing. I HIGHLY recommend the Boat Street Cafe. It had it all - ambiance, great service, wonderful food.

Thanks to Matty's mom for an amazing dinner!

Finished!

Class is over! Tomorrow night we have a party at Jillian's to celebrate. I made it. 9 months of class and I am now officially a certified Project Manager. Today I looked up the 9 month Senior Project Manager course that the UW offers. What am I, crazy? At least it is only 1 night a week. I think I'll wait a year or so before I do that though. Instead maybe I'll study for my PMP. My friend Roberta told me that she took a week off of work to study for the PMP. To me that sounds like a waste of vacation time....instead maybe I'll just study at work :)

Next week Chris and I are taking Vacation. We're going to redesign our back yard and maybe go kayaking....and drink some Manny's. Yay for summer! It is 80 degrees here in Seattle today.

Invasion of the Jones Family

This past weekend my entire family decided to invade Seattle and settle at our house. My brother, his wife, and the two girls showed up Friday night and Mom and Dad arrived Saturday morning. We spent Saturday on the waterfront exploring the Aquarium and watching the Tug Boat Races. Saturday night we celebrated Jeff's birthday (don't worry bro - I won't put in type just how old you are) with a BBQ feast and Sunday morning we celebrated Mother's day with a homemade brunch. I am pretty sure that everyone enjoyed themselves (except for the part where Chris and I gave up our beds and slept on a blow up mattress in the basement). Here are some photos from the weekend:

Sadie on the Water Taxi:

Ella on the Water Taxi:

Uncle Chris took Ella and Sadie into the wheel house to visit Captain Susan:

Tug Boat Races!

Fun Times at the Aquarium:

Ella got a Tiger Shark painted on her face:

Sadie had a Penguin painted on hers:

Uncle Chris was put in charge of Maddy and The Captain while he was BBQ'n.

The cats were very happy when everyone left:

Big sweeps were made: